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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Vinarski et al. (2020): summary
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Complete Citation

Vinarski, M., I.N. Bolotov, O.V. Aksenova, E.S. Babushkin, Y.V. Bespalaya et al. 2020. Freshwater Mollusca of the Circumpolar Arctic: a review on their taxonomy, diversity and biogeography. Hydrobiologia online: 1-28. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)

Euglesa compressum (Prime, 1852) = Euglesa compressa

Euglesa conventus (Clessin, 1877) = Conventus conventus

Euglesa ferruginea (Prime, 1851)

Euglesa globulare (Clessin in Westerlund, 1873) = Euglesa globularis

Euglesa henslowana (Sheppard, 1825)

Euglesa hibernica (Westerlund, 1894) = Euglesa parvula

Euglesa hinzi (Kuiper, 1975)

Euglesa idahoense (Roper, 1890) = Pisidium idahoensis

Euglesa lilljeborgii (Clessin in Esmark et Hoyer, 1886)

Euglesa milium (Held, 1836)

Euglesa nitidum (Jenyns, 1832) = Euglesa nitida

Euglesa obtusalis (C. Pfeiffer, 1821) = Euglesa ventricosa

Euglesa personata (Malm, 1855)

Euglesa pulchella (Jenyns, 1832)

Euglesa rotundata (Prime, 1852)

Euglesa subtruncata (Malm, 1855)

Euglesa supinum (A. Schmidt, 1850) = Euglesa supina

Euglesa variabile (Prime, 1852) = Euglesa variabilis

Euglesa ventricosa (Prime, 1851)

Euglesa waldeni (Kuiper, 1975)

Lacustrina dilatata (Westerlund, 1897) = Pisidium dilatatum

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Musculium lacustre (Linnaeus, 1758) [sic] = Sphaerium lacustre

Pisidium amnicum (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphaerium nitidum (Clessin in Westerlund, 1877)

Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)

Sphaerium ovale (Férussac, 1807)